SouthWest NanoTechnologies Inc. (SWeNT), Norman, OK, recently received an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) consent order that will permit the company to manufacture and distribute multi-wall carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) for commercial applications.

For the third quarter ended August 31, 2011, OMNOVA Solutions, Fairlawn, OH, reported net income of $0.4 million, compared to $3.5 million in the third quarter of 2010.

ASTM is offering its new Proficiency Testing Programs 2011 Catalog.

Plasmatreat North America is offering a three-day impact course on adhesion science, organized and held by surface analysts Dr. R.H. Lacombe and Dr. K.L. Mittal.

The European Coatings Conference, Automotive Coatings, will take place November 24-25, 2011, in Berlin, Germany.

PINNEBERG, Germany - The ROWA Group is currently expanding its storage capacities for raw materials at its Pinneberg, Germany, site. The number of 15-meter silos at the site was increased

JEOL USA, a supplier of scientific and industrial instrumentation with headquarters in Peabody, MA, has entered an agreement with Arquimed Ltda. that makes Arquimed JEOL’s exclusive agent in Chile.

Flame Control Coatings, Niagara Falls, NY, has appointed Tim Miller President.

THE WOODLANDS, TX - Huntsman Corp., The Woodlands, TX, announced that it will invest approximately $40 million to build a new Asia Pacific Regional Technology Center (ATC) in Shanghai’s Minhang

BASF is strengthening its network of PU System Houses with a second polyurethane systems site in Russia.